One of our own reporters has a go at making a personal Halloween-themed mask for USJ’s newest event.
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Park finally has a timetable to let us start racing Mario Karts, punching question blocks, and eating Luigi’s hat.
How much longer are we going to have to wait for the world’s first Nintendo theme park zone?
Electropop outfit Galantis and pop singer Charli XCX made a Mario-influenced bop to promote USJ’s latest land!
Look forward to real-life takes on Peach and Bowser’s castles, Mario Kart themed attractions and more!
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Brand-new caper for anime’s greatest thief is latest installment of Universal Cool Japan project.
How could you when the haunted room is filled with bloodstains, cobwebs, severed limbs, and a hidden switch that’ll whisk you into a nightmare world?
There’s more to theme parks in Japan than just Disney Resort and Universal Studios; there’s also ninjas, go-karts and looking through your legs.
More information about the original story of the attraction was released as well as photos of some sweet limited-edition merchandise only available at this event!
Theme park lets us know what kind of attraction it’ll be, when we can experience it, and what special Sailor Moon food we can look forward to.
Set to open this winter, the ride takes fans on an adventure through multiple worlds from the Final Fantasy video game franchise.
Theme park announces its first-ever tie-up with the pair of massively popular anime, video game franchises.
First glimpse of theme park’s Nintendo World expansion looks as awesome as we’d hoped.
“Big” is looking to be the operative word for next year’s Japanese pop culture themed attractions.
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Shibuya’s other famous meeting spot statue has lost its home as part of redevelopment【Photos】
Tough times for Japanese pubs as izakaya bankruptcies come at highest rate in more than a decade
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Pokémon lid becomes Japan’s most overprotected manhole cover, melts hearts across the country
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The Square Enix Cafe in Tokyo is closing down for good
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The special 15-hour hell of getting to Japan’s beautiful Tokunoshima at this time of year
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Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
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Bear breaks into house in Japan, quickly begins spending winter exactly like Japanese people do
Hayao Miyazaki says Happy New Year to Studio Ghibli fans with new art for Year of the Snake- The My Melody ♡ Kuromi Anniversary Party is in full kawaii swing at the Ikebukuro Parco store
McDonald’s Japan has a fukubukuro lucky bag that everyone wants to get their hands on
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McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018- Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
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Studio Ghibli adds Spirited Away Bonsai Water Garden to merchandise collection in Japan
Pokémon lid becomes Japan’s most overprotected manhole cover, melts hearts across the country
We delight in the gastronomic treasures we found in the Hokkaido Umaimonokan lucky bag
Put it on and look like Donkey Kong! Nintendo releases DK jackets, more for new merch line【Pics】
Dog-killing waves create spectacular views on this remote Japanese island
Japanese government wants to acquire original anime and manga art for creation of national archive
How to power up the coolest cheap souvenir from Nintendo’s official shop with a trip to Daiso
W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 strangest kanji ever 【Weird Top Five】
We try a traditional Tokyo dish of stewed loaches, encounter something we’ve never seen before
Sanrio pancakes celebrate My Melody’s birthday, and Cinnamoroll too, at Japanese cafes
Osaka woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes
Japanese Railway Lost Property Market: A treasure trove of lost items from trains
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